Description
The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Order Manipulation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2 due to an order verification bypass. The verification is unconditionally skipped when the POST body includes verification_override=1. Because this value is attacker-supplied, an unauthenticated actor can submit a forged IPN and have it treated as verified, even on production sites and with verification otherwise enabled. A valid PayPal transaction id is needed, restricting order manipulation to orders placed by the attacker. This, in turn, requires them to have a customer account.
Problem types
CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-10-03: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-11-05: | Disclosed |
Credits
Jamie Davies
References
www.wordfence.com/...-9413-47ea-a740-441618266adf?source=cve
github.com/...ads/blob/main/includes/gateways/paypal/ipn.php
github.com/...ownloads/blob/main/src/Gateways/PayPal/IPN.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=